Ishtakhaniyya
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The Ishtakhaniyya (Arabic: الإشتاخنية al-Ishtākhaniyyah) were a regiment in the regular army of the Abbasid Caliphate during the ninth century. The regiment consisted of soldiers who were originally from the town and district of Ishtikhan in Transoxania.[1] The exact name of the Ishtakhaniyya is given variously in the sources, with the forms Ishtikhaniyya (Arabic: الإشتاخنية al-Ishtīkhaniyyah) and Ishtakhanjiyya (Arabic: الإشتاخنجية al-Ishtākhanjiyyah) presumably being variant names for the unit.[2]